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BACKGROUND: Patient-reported outcomes measurement instruments (PRO) are a good way to measure results after aesthetic procedures. FACE-Q is a systematized and standardized PRO tool and was not available in Portuguese. METHODS: This cross-sectional study included four stages: translation of FACE-Q, backtranslation, testing in patients who underwent facial aesthetic procedures and review of the questionnaires between September and December, 2018. Guidelines merging WHO and ISPOR's rules were followed. RESULTS: Translation was conducted by two translators, resulting in two versions, translation A and translation B, which were reconciled to generate the first Portuguese version. Reconciliation showed inconsistencies between TA and TB in 63% (n = 222) of the 353 questions, which were solved by maintaining TA in 25% of cases (n = 87), TB in 27% and a new version in 11% (n = 40) of the questions. Backtranslation showed written differences with the original FACE-Q in 64 (22.7%) of the 353 question, but only one case of semantic difference, which was corrected resulting in production of the second Portuguese version. Seven patients with a mean age of 35.8 years were interviewed to assess the difficulty in understanding the questionnaires. Four patients had no or minor difficulties understanding the questionnaire, and the other three had difficulties and suggested changes that led to a third Portuguese version. The third version was reviewed for grammar and spelling resulting in the final Portuguese version. CONCLUSION: A Brazilian Portuguese version of the FACE-Q questionnaire was obtained maintaining equivalency with the source instrument. This will allow cross-cultural research and comparison of results between different studies. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE V: This journal requires that authors assign a level of evidence to each article. For a full description of these Evidence-Based Medicine ratings, please refer to the Table of Contents or the online Instructions to Authors www.springer.com/00266 .

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Se realizó un estudio epidemiológico analítico, de casos y controles, para identificar los principales factores asociados al abandono del tratamiento ortodóncico en el Servicio de Ortodoncia de la Clínica Estomatológica Provincial Docente Mártires del Moncada de Santiago de Cuba, en el período comprendido desde septiembre de 2010 hasta julio de 2013. Para ello se crearon 2 grupos: el de los casos, integrado por 193 pacientes de uno u otro sexo, que habiendo iniciado el tratamiento ortodóncico en 2008 por presentar maloclusiones, lo abandonaron en 2010; y el de los controles, conformado por 193 que lo comenzaron también en 2008, pero lo finalizaron en 2010 o 2011. Se determinaron los odds ratio y los intervalos de confianza al 95 por ciento para los factores, en tanto mostraron la mayor fuerza de asociación al abandono del tratamiento: sexo masculino, 6 y más consultas no asistidas y 6 y más consultas pérdidas por falta de recursos. Los principales factores que se asociaron causalmente al abandono del tratamiento ortodóncico fueron los escolares, el sexo masculino, el menor nivel de escolaridad, aparatos removibles y funcionales, aparatos removibles rotos y/o perdidos, consultas entre el ingreso y la instalación de los aparatos y las consultas perdidas por falta de recursos

An analytic epidemiological cases and controls study was carried out, to identify the main factors associated with the orthodonctics treatment cessation in the Orthodontics Service of "Mártires del Moncada" Teaching Provincial Stomatological Clinic in Santiago de Cuba, from September, 2010 to July, 2013. Two groups were created: the cases group, integrated by 193 patients from both sexes that began the orthodontics treatment in 2008 due to malocclusions, and quit it in 2010; and the controls group, conformed by 193 that also began in 2008, but they concluded it in 2010 or 2011. The odds ratio and confidence intervals were determined at 95 percent for the factors, as long as they showed the highest force of association when quitting the treatment: the male sex, 6 and more missed visits and 6 and more lost visits due to lack of resources. The main factors that were causally associated with the orthodontics treatment cessation were the school children, the male sex, the lowest school level, removable and functional braces, broken and/or lost removable braces, visits between admission and teeth bracing and lost visits due to lack of resources

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